Date | Event | Map / location | Saturday 26 Sep | Oceania Middle Champs | Bogong Creek / Namadgi National Park |
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Sunday 27 Sep | Oceania Relays | Honeysuckle Creek / Namadgi National Park |
Tuesday 29 Sep | ASOC Sprint | Orana Steiner School |
Flight of the Bogong Day 1 | ||
Wednesday 30 Sep | ASOC Long | Remembrance Park / Mount Ainslie |
Flight of the Bogong Day 2 | ||
Thursday 01 Oct | ASOC Relays | Pine Island Reserve |
Flight of the Bogong Day 3 | ||
Saturday 03 Oct | Oceania Long Champs | Stromlo Forest Park / Mount Stromlo |
Sunday 04 Oct | Oceania Sprint Champs | Australian National University |
This Oceania Carnival incorporates the 2026/2027 Oceania Orienteering Championships*, the 2026 Australian Orienteering Schools Championships and the Flight of the Bogong events.
* IOF, OA and ONZ Rules state that Forest Oceania Championships should be held in odd years (i.e. 2027). However, if local conditions are likely to prevent use of suitable orienteering areas, then they may be held late in the previous year. These events are therefore the 2027 Championships held in 2026: the 2026/2027 Oceania Championships.
As the 2026 Oceania Sprint Championships were held in the Central Coast in January 2026, the sprint event in this carnival will be the 2027 Oceania Sprint Championships. Therefore competitors in IOF Classes (M/W21E, M/W20E, M/W18 and M/W16) must run in their 2027 age classes.
Winners of the Long and Middle distance M21E and W21E races will secure personal places in those races at the 2027 World Orienteering Championships.
![]() | Oceania | The Oceania Orienteering Championships are open to orienteers from all countries.
The Oceania Titles are awarded to orienteers who are members of an IOF-recognised orienteering federation within the Oceania region. Oceania 2026 will include a sprint, middle distance, long distance, and relay. The sprint distance winners will be recognised as the 2027 Oceania Sprint Champions. Competitors enter age-based classes from elite (M/W21E) to junior, youth, and masters. The Oceania Championship titles will be awarded to the top eligible competitors in the Senior Elite and Junior Elite classes. The senior elite female and male winner will secure a place at the 2027 World Orienteering Championships (WOC).
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![]() | ASOC | The Australian Schools Orienteering Championships (Sprint, Long & Relay) are open to all school students 12-19 years old. They may be members of a State Team or an International Invited Team, or they may be Independent Competitors. |
![]() | Flight of the Bogong | Immediately following each ASOC race, there will be a public event, open to all. Together these are the Flight of the Bogong. There will be a presentation to those with the shortest cumulative time across all 3 days in the same class.
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Check out the map below for the general locations of the 10 events across the carnival. The midweek ASOC and Flight of the Bogong public events are co-located.